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Winter Getaway Deals

Jersey, Switzerland, Iceland, Cape Verde and Hong Kong, all feature in this month’s selected travel deals, which depart from November onwards.

If you are thinking of getting away before Christmas, during the festive period or in the New Year, we may have the perfect break for you.

These holidays depart from now onwards, and some of the deals are valid for travel up until next March, so why not grab a slice of sunshine, adventure and sightseeing to kick-start your 2009.

UK & Ireland

Cardiff2 nights for £69pp

Stay at the three-star Quality Hotel & Suites in Cardiff and enjoy a complimentary dinner on one of the nights. Ideally located for exploring Cardiff and the Brecon Beacons, guests can enjoy free use of the leisure club comprising indoor swimming pool, spa bath, sauna, steam room and gymnasium.

The price is valid any day of the week until 31st January, and is based on two people sharing.

Why not check out Jersey for a spot of duty-free Christmas shopping? This is a three-night break with breakfast for Friday arrivals up to 20th December at the three-star Revere Hotel in St Helier, within an easy walk of the town centre's many shops.

The price includes return flights from Gatwick and transfers. Flights are also available from other regional airports.

Take a long weekend, Friday to Monday with breakfast at the four-star Norton House Hotel, two minutes from Edinburgh airport and AA's Hotel of the Year 2008/09. The hotel is set in 55 acres of grounds and is home to a luxurious spa and health club.

The price includes return flights, departing before 20th December (excluding Christmas/New Year), from Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Manchester or Norwich and transfers. Hotel only price is £188.

Conifer Cottage is a traditional stone property with a wood-burner and stripped floors set just 200 metres from the centre of Youlgreave, one of Derbyshire's prettiest villages, and within easy walking distance of three pubs. It is also close to the Tissington Trail and on a lane leading down to Lathkill Dale.

This is the price when two stay in the two-bedroom cottage from 22nd November for seven nights. Add £70 if four share.

Europe

Geneva, Switzerland2 nights for £169pp

If you are a James Bond fan, visit Geneva, where 007 escaped from Goldfinger in his famous Aston Martin. The lakeside city, Switzerland's second largest, is surrounded by mountains but has a cosmopolitan, international flavour.

The deal includes B&B at the Trente Trois and return flights departing 2nd December from Luton.

If you have had enough of Oxford Street, try out Basel's Christmas market to find the perfect presents. The market, which takes place in the Old Town, is home to more than 100 illuminated chalets selling arts and crafts, decorations and local speciality food and wine.

The price includes return flights from London City departing between 25th November and 20th December and accommodation with breakfast at the three-star Minotel Steinenschanze. There are also flights available from regional airports, supplements may apply.

This less than half-price offer is ideal for escaping the UK weather at Christmas time.

Included are return Luton flights on 23rd December, transfers and seven nights at the self-catering three-star family run Paphiessa Hotel Apartments, with all the facilities of the hotel available, at Paphos.

Check out the numerous Christmas markets Zurich is hosting between 28th November and 22nd December when this deal is valid. Not to be missed is a visit to the Singing Christmas Tree located on Werdmuehlplatz!

Included are return flights from Heathrow or London City, taxes and accommodation with breakfast at the three-star Hotel Bristol.

As the world's most northerly capital Reykjavik is the perfect venue for a winter city break with a difference, and as we now get more Icelandic Kronur to the pound, there are some amazing bargains to be had.

This deal includes flights from London Stansted departing November 2008 to March 2009 (excluding 15th December to 3rd January), three nights accommodation at a range of hotels and a visit to the world famous Blue Lagoon. Airport transfers and airport taxes are also included.

Forget overcrowded hotels and stay in the four-star Chalet Aeschorn with this offer, which includes seven nights accommodation on a chalet board basis and return flights from Gatwick departing 3rd January.

For a romantic winter break join this Mini Winter Rail Tour of the Swiss Alps. The highlights include a journey by cogwheel train to the summit of Mount Rigi, with 360º mountain and lake views, and a cable car ride to the summit of the Schilthorn, as seen in the James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Service.

Included are return flights from Heathrow departing 6th December to 31st January (excluding the festive period), rail transfers, three-star hotels with breakfast and excursions as above.

Worldwide

Orlando, United States14 nights from £419pp

Fourteen nights at the Best Western Lakeside, located minutes from Walt Disney World Resort, costs from £419 per person, based on two adults and two children, aged 2-11yrs, sharing a standard room between 10th January - 31st March 2009.

The price includes return flights with Virgin Atlantic from either London Gatwick or Manchester and must be booked by the 30 November 2008.

Head to Hong Kong for a New Year's shopping spree and save £125 per person on this break.

The price includes return scheduled flights from London (Heathrow or Gatwick) and Manchester to Hong Kong departing 31st January to 28th February 2009 with Qatar Airways, via the airport duty free shopping haven of Doha.

Also included are three nights (room only, based on two adults sharing) in a deluxe room at 3.5-star Regal Oriental Hotel in the heart of Kowloon, and all taxes, fuel surcharges and return airport/hotel transfers. Extra nights are £18 per person, per night. Booking deadline is 30th November.

Save £434 while staying at the Kombo Beach Hotel which is set on the beachfront and benefits from a swimming pool, three restaurants and an entertainment programme suiting adults and children.

The price is based on two sharing an air-conditioned room and includes breakfast, return flights from Gatwick departing 19th December, in-flight meals, transfers and all taxes. It also includes a complimentary Gala dinner on Christmas Eve. Regional UK departures are also available.

Stay in two different places in Egypt with this offer. First there are three B&B nights at the four-star superior Luxor Sonesta St George in Luxor, and then four B&B nights in the four-star superior Hilton Resort, Hurghada.

Included are return flights with Egyptair from Heathrow to Luxor, returning from Cairo, and transfers. Valid from 5th to 11th December.